Hundreds at NYC funeral for 3 girls in Conn. fire

NEW YORK - January 5, 2012 (WPVI) -- Hundreds of people are attending a funeral in New York City for three girls who died along with their grandparents in a Christmas morning fire in Connecticut.

The program for Thursday's funeral at a church in Manhattan featured a joyous, laughing photo of 9-year-old Lily Badger and her 7-year-old sisters, Sarah and Grace.

The readings included a well-known Bible passage: "Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not."

Authorities say a bag of discarded fireplace embers started the blaze.

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